Exodus 14:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi–hahiroth, before Baal–zephon.”

Exodus 14:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:920 words

וַיִּרְדְּפוּwayirədəp̄ûAnd run after

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite

אַחֲרֵיהֶםʾaḥărêhemThe hind part

וַיַּשִּׂיגוּwayaśîgûAnd reach

אוֹתָםʾwōtām—

חֹנִיםḥōnîmIncline

עַלʿalAbove

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

כָּלkālWhole

סוּסsûsHorse

רֶכֶבreḵevVehicle

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

וּפָרָשָׁיוûp̄ārāšāywAnd steed

וְחֵילוֹwəḥêlwōAnd force

עַלʿalAbove

פִּיpî—

הַחִירֹתhaḥîrōtPi-ha-Chiroth

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

בַּעַלbaʿal—

צְפֹןṣəp̄ōnBaal-Tsephon

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּרְדְּפוּwayirədəp̄ûAnd run after

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite

אַחֲרֵיהֶםʾaḥărêhemThe hind part

וַיַּשִּׂיגוּwayaśîgûAnd reach

אוֹתָםʾwōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

חֹנִיםḥōnîmIncline

עַלʿalAbove

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

כָּלkālWhole

סוּסsûsHorse

רֶכֶבreḵevVehicle

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

וּפָרָשָׁיוûp̄ārāšāywAnd steed

וְחֵילוֹwəḥêlwōAnd force

עַלʿalAbove

פִּיpîdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחִירֹתhaḥîrōtPi-ha-Chiroth

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

בַּעַלbaʿaldirect object marker (no translation)

צְפֹןṣəp̄ōnBaal-Tsephon

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